Technology Lead

easyJet Airline Company PLC; City Of London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading low-cost airline in the UK seeks a Technology Lead to drive technical leadership and software engineering for operational processes. The ideal candidate will provide hands-on leadership, mentor engineers, and define technical architecture while ensuring best practices. This role requires expertise in software engineering and cloud-native solutions. Competitive compensation and support for a diverse workforce are offered.

Benefits

Inclusive workplace initiatives

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Technical Lead or Principal Engineer in mission-critical systems.
• Strong background in software engineering with expertise in a major development stack.
• Experience designing and delivering cloud-native solutions, preferably AWS.

Responsibilities

• Provide hands-on leadership to engineers and ensure coding standards.
• Define and own the technical architecture for products.
• Work closely with Product Manager to align business needs with technical designs.

Skills

Technical leadership

Software engineering

Cloud-native solutions

API integration

DevOps practices

Agile methodologies

Problem-solving

Mentoring

Education

Degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering

Job description

Job Description - Technology Lead (16488)

Job Description

Technology Lead ( 16488 )

Description

TEAM

As a Tech Lead in the Integrated Operations and Planning Mission, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping the future technology and software engineering for a critical part of our business.

Our products power critical operational processes such as crew planning, flight scheduling, disruption management, and Network control — the beating heart of our airline.

You’ll lead the technical vision, ensuring our solutions are robust, scalable, and future‑proof, while guiding engineers to deliver high‑quality code and modern architectures. Working closely with the Product Manager and Delivery Lead, you’ll be at the centre of decision‑making, balancing business needs with technology choices to deliver real value to both our operations teams and our passengers.

JOB PURPOSE

• To provide technical leadership for the product team, ensuring solutions are designed and delivered to be scalable, secure, and fit for purpose.
• To act as the technical authority as part of the collaboration between product, delivery, and engineering, ensuring alignment with objectives and architectural strategy.
• To guide and mentor Engineers within the team, enabling best practices and sustainable engineering across the lifecycle of airline operations products.
• To ensure technology choices and designs balance immediate delivery needs with long‑term maintainability and cost‑effectiveness, adding measurable value to easyJet’s operational resilience and efficiency.

JOB ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Provide hands‑on leadership to engineers, setting coding standards, reviewing technical designs, and ensuring best practice in security, performance, and integration.
• Define and own the technical architecture for our products (aligned to one of; crew planning, disruption management, integrated control systems).
• Partner with the Product Manager to translate business needs into technical designs, effort estimates, and roadmaps.
• Work closely with Delivery Leads to align delivery timelines with technical feasibility, proactively identifying risks and dependencies.
• Champion modern engineering practices (CI/CD, cloud‑native, API‑first, test automation) across the Integrated Planning and Operations Product Suite.
• Collaborate with enterprise architects and technology governance forums to ensure compliance with easyJet’s wider IT strategy, security standards, and cost controls.
• Act as a trusted advisor to business stakeholders, explaining technical trade‑offs in clear, outcome‑focused language.
• Mentor and coach engineers, developing technical capability within the team and creating a culture of continuous learning.
• Lead root cause analysis and resolution of critical production issues, ensuring operational stability of systems that directly impact flights, crew, and passengers.

Requirements of the Role

KEY SKILLS REQUIRED

• Proven experience as a Technical Lead, or Principle Engineer in large‑scale operational or mission‑critical systems.
• Strong background in software engineering, with expertise in at least one major development stack (e.g. Java, .NET, Python, Gourbi).
• Experience designing and delivering cloud‑native solutions (preferably AWS) with strong knowledge of API integration, event‑driven architecture, and microservices.
• Familiarity with airline or transport operations systems (crew, flight planning, disruption, scheduling) highly desirable.
• Strong understanding of DevOps practices (CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, observability).
• Strong understanding of scrum and agile ways of working, and able to help the team way of working.
• Excellent problem‑solving skills, able to assess trade‑offs between time, cost, and technical debt.
• Ability to influence at multiple levels — from engineers to business leaders — by explaining technical concepts in clear, business‑relevant terms.
• Experience mentoring and developing engineers, creating high‑performing delivery teams.
• Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field (or equivalent practical experience).

About easyJet

At easyJet our aim is to make low‑cost travel easy – connecting people to what they value using Europe’s best airline network, great value fares, and friendly service.
It takes a real team effort to carry over 90 million passengers a year across 35 countries. Whether you’re working as part of our front‑line operations or in our corporate functions, you’ll find people that are positive, inclusive, ready to take on a challenge, and that have your back. We call that our ‘Orange Spirit’, and we hope you’ll share that too.

Reasonable Adjustments

At easyJet, we are dedicated to fostering an inclusive workplace that reflects the diverse customers we serve across Europe. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds. If you require specific adjustments or support during the application or recruitment process, such as extra time for assessments or accessible interview locations, please contact us at [e-mail]. We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process to ensure accessibility and accommodation

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We encourage individuality, empower our people to seize the initiative, and never stop learning. We see people first and foremost for their performance and potential and we are committed to building a diverse and inclusive organisation that supports the needs of all.

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